M-1971 Summer Officer Honor
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Officer is Wearing: An M-1969 pattern officer parade visor cap with a special M-1971 honor guard badge completes the uniform. This uniform would be correct for wear between 1971 and 1994,
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Service Chronology The M-1971 honor guard uniform for officers entered service during a time of great reform. It broke away from the post-war influences to bring about a truly modern, yet conservative, design for the Brezhnev era. The uniform set the standard for Soviet parades and ceremony for the last half of the Cold War. It remained in service for over two decades and outlasted the Soviet Union itself. The 1971 officer honor guard uniform whose role was to inspire pride and awe to those witnessing the events it was worn in. It offered a modern, yet conservative, design for the Brezhnev era and became an iconic symbol of Soviet pageantry. Though it was visually similar to the standard uniforms of the period, its brighter badging allowed it to stand out from those others. When paired with color guard sashes or a saber it can present a striking appearance. It was worn by army officers of the 1st Separate Honor Guard company, as well as large army units across the Soviet Union, and with the various groups of forces deployed abroad. In these cases they would be worn for change of command ceremonies and similar military administrative functions. The uniform replaced the M-1955 honor guard uniforms, and was itself replaced in 1994 with the first Russian Federation uniform regulations. To learn more about the honor guard uniforms that preceded and followed it click on the link below. |
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This Uniform Replaced... | M-1971 Officer Summer Honor Guard Uniform | This Uniform was Replaced by... |
M-1955 Officer Summer Honor Guard Uniform | Uncertain at Present |
(1) Prilutskaya, N. V. and N. L. Kortunova, ВОЕННАЯ ОДЕЖДА ВООРУЖЕННЫХ СИЛ СССР И РОССИИ (1917-1990), Moscow: Military Publishing, 1999. Print.
(2) “Caps of Soviet Honor Guards and Orchestras” Under the Red Star. Accessed January 1, 2019. http://www.undertheredstar.com/honor.htm
Last Updated 2 January 2019 by Ryan Stavka